how do i use iMessage on 2 iPhones?

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how do i use iMessage on 2 iPhones?

I have 2 iphone 6's (work and personal). I want iMessages to be mirrored on both phones. I have 1 apple ID on both and both phone numbers listed on both, so 2 phone numbers and 1 apple id on each. I am not using forwarding. It works great for a few days but eventually iMessage hangs up and i eventually have to shut down the phone and turn iMessage back on. When is gets hung up, i can't even turn iMessage back on. it seemed to work fine for a while, so not sure why it stopped. anyone now the proper way to set this up?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.2

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 4:23 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 31, 2015 5:35 PM in response to brianfromnew hope

Sounds like you have everything set up right. Both phones logged into the same AppleID, both numbers registered with iMessage and listed on both phones, and in Messages -> Send & Receive you would have both numbers checked, That should work. My wife and I share an AppleID and that is the configuration we have (although we uncheck each others numbers).

If that is how you have it, and Messages is freezing, you might need to reload IOS.

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Answer 2

Mar 31, 2015 5:43 PM in response to AntonLargiader

i was having the problem with a 5s and a 6, tried exactly that - reload iOS. did not solve. Upgraded 5s to 6. started over with (2) iPhone 6's - set up like new with reload iOS 8.2. worked great for a few days but locking up again on brand new phone. I'm thinking you can't have 2 phone numbers listed on one phone.

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Answer 3

Mar 31, 2015 5:49 PM in response to brianfromnew hope

Well, my wife and I can message each other all day long using each others' phone numbers so I don't think there's an inherent incompatibility. A phone locking up is not a sign that you can't do this, it's a sign that there's a software bug somewhere.

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Answer 4

Mar 31, 2015 7:09 PM in response to AntonLargiader

i think the difference is i have both numbers checked, so both phones will get the same messages if either number gets a text or iMessage. i suspect thats the conflict. the phone doesn't lock-up, just iMessage does. i was going t try the text message forwarding feature, but someone at an apple store said the text forwarding feature in iMessage is only for phones to forward to non-phone devices, but i may test that out to see if i get a different result. this has worked ok for a few years and recently stopped working - wonder if it's iOS8.2....

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